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Let’s all say a fun fact about ourselves

2025-02-20 permalink

I’m not sure who the people are who read this blog are, other than my friends, but according to the stats, every now and then there’s quite a few of you. I’d love to hear who you are, where you’re from etc :3 You can either use the email in the side bar or shoot me an instagram dm~

I’ll go first! By doing some kind of more detailed self introduction, or like fun facts about myself. Let’s go:

1. I grew up in Sweden. My mom is Swedish and my dad is from California. Growing up, I always identified more with being American than Swedish. A lot of my earliest and happiest childhood memories are of family trips in California. There is nowhere else in the world I feel as happy and rooted and as much like myself.

I ended up moving here as an adult at 26. Well, more like I was here on a trip and ended up just not leaving… haha. I had a remote job at the time I could easily do from anywhere in the world, so it just kind of ended up like that. Later leaving to go to grad school in Hawaii for two years and often getting homesick was really how I realized how at home I feel here. Finally being back again feels like a sigh of relief. I really can’t imagine living anywhere else, so hopefully I will never have to leave again.

2. You often hear people talk about how time moves more quickly as you age. This has not been my experience. Compared to my teens, my twenties have felt like lifetimes and dynasties. This is probably because I’ve spent them moving around so much, living in five different cities around the world: Yokohama, Sapporo, Stockholm, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. These have been very interesting experiences I’ve learned a lot about the world from, but also full of longing and yearning and friends becoming scattered around the world.

3. I was very strong and healthy as a child, but ever since I was around 15 I’ve been sickly and struggled a lot with my health. Around then was when I developed asthma and ever since then it feels like I’m almost never at 100% and it seems like there’s almost always something wrong with me. Allergies, difficult periods, stomach problems, throat infections, random bout of anemia… You name it :( As one of my closest friends put it, I’m “always on the struggle bus”. I’m fragile :((((

4. As a child I was a huuuge bookworm and would go to the school library pretty much every day. During summer break when the school library was closed, I would always walk to the closest public library. I had a long period during and after Covid when I almost stopped reading for pleasure completely, but since this past summer I’ve been back at it with a vengeance.

Some of my favorite books include the Dragonkeeper series by Carole Wilkinson, The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang, and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

5. I’m a big fantasy nerd in general and love the Lord of the Rings movies and animated shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Netflix’s She-ra and the Princesses of Power (EVERYONE who likes fantasy and/or animation should watch this show!!).

6. Among the ones mentioned above, my favorite tv shows are Scrubs, Euphoria, The Glory, The Bear, Bojack Horseman, and Friends :)

7. I’m a huge fan of Hong Kong cinema. Two of my favorite movies of all time are In the Mood for Love (artsy painful love and yearning) and Love on Delivery (batshit crazy kung fu comedy). I spent several years learning Cantonese (the language spoken in Hong Kong), but I didn’t have the energy for it anymore once I started grad school. Hopefully I’ll get back on it once I feel less mentally burnt out :) I’ve only been to Hong Kong once and that was almost ten years ago now, so I really hope I can visit again soon! I know it’s changed a lot though :’(

8. I have a huge interest in fashion. I enjoy watching fashion commenters on youtube like Mina Le and ModernGurlz, reading books about fashion history, going to fashion history museum exhibits, observing what trendy people around me are wearing, etc.

9. Bubble wrap always reminds me of my dad. One day when I was a kid, I was playing with it and popping the bubbles. My dad saw me doing it and said hold on, let me show you how to do it. Then he showed me more efficient ways of popping them. Or something like that. The memory’s not super clear. But to this day, bubble wrap makes me happy.

10. My number 1 favorite pastime is probably spending time in nature and I’m almost always planning my next hike :D

^Wiliwilinui Ridge Trail on Oahu